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10 Songs That Always Make Me Smile
The world’s a pretty gloomy place at the moment…and not just for people who read my Medium articles.
So I thought I’d do something a little different for what I just noticed is my 501st piece on Medium and write about 10 songs that always make me smile.
However the world seems to you today, I hope a few minutes silliness will give you a smile or two along the way…
“The Streak” — Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens is the grand-daddy when it comes to writing songs to make people smile, with a track record stretching back to the 1950s.
Although he’s written some wonderful songs with serious messages…not least the Grammy-winning “Everything Is Beautiful”… Ray Stevens made his name writing and performing comedy records.
His eclectic comedy catalogue includes songs like “Bridget The Midget”, “Gitarzan” and a version of Glenn Miller’s “In The Mood” performed in the style of a clucking chicken (a surprise 1977 Top 40 hit in both the UK and the US).
But Ray Stevens’ biggest hit of all in terms of chart performance was “The Streak”, a 1974 Number One in the US, the UK and many other countries around the world.
If you’re too young to remember, streaking was a craze in the early 1970s whereby people removed all…
